Feature request

[garysharp]

Feature request

[garysharp]

Thanks for your interest in the project @ThiloL

This library is primarily a .NET wrapper around the native Win32 API's exposed by Microsoft's DHCP Server. The structure of the libraries public surface area (its classes, properties, methods, etc) is heavily influenced by the architecture of these Win32 APIs.
Personally, I have no desire to expand the library to support other DHCP Server implementations. It seems to me that such an endeavour would most likely be done in a separate project. However I'm not against the idea in principle.

If you would like to build the abstraction layer and implement a third-party API I encourage you to submit a pull-request. If you intend to do so I encourage you to further outline your plans in this thread first to avoid any issues later on. You might want to consider (among other things):

• efforts to maintain compatibility for existing users
• an abstraction which would allow any server to be implemented
• how to deal with dependencies (ie. a rest-api might require a HTTP client library and json support; but these dependencies would be prohibitive for a user just wanting Microsoft DHCP Server support)

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.